diff --git a/devstack/lib/ironic b/devstack/lib/ironic
index 0d84764169..7347a0e53e 100644
--- a/devstack/lib/ironic
+++ b/devstack/lib/ironic
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ IRONIC_VPDU_SNMPDRIVER=${IRONIC_VPDU_SNMPDRIVER:-apc_rackpdu}
 
 # Redfish configs
 IRONIC_REDFISH_EMULATOR_PORT=${IRONIC_REDFISH_EMULATOR_PORT:-9132}
-IRONIC_REDFISH_EMULATOR_PID_FILE=${IRONIC_REDFISH_EMULATOR_PID_FILE:-/var/run/redfish-emulator.pid}
+IRONIC_REDFISH_EMULATOR_SYSTEMD_SERVICE="devstack@redfish-emulator.service"
 
 # To explicitly enable configuration of Glance with Swift
 # (which is required by some vendor drivers), set this
@@ -811,14 +811,57 @@ function _generate_pdu_ports {
 }
 
 function start_redfish_emulator {
-    sudo $gunicorn sushy_tools.emulator.main:app --bind "${HOST_IP}:${IRONIC_REDFISH_EMULATOR_PORT}" \
-        --pid "$IRONIC_REDFISH_EMULATOR_PID_FILE" --daemon
+    $SYSTEMCTL start $IRONIC_REDFISH_EMULATOR_SYSTEMD_SERVICE
 }
 
 function stop_redfish_emulator {
-    if [ -f $IRONIC_REDFISH_EMULATOR_PID_FILE ]; then
-        sudo kill `cat $IRONIC_REDFISH_EMULATOR_PID_FILE` || true
+    $SYSTEMCTL stop $IRONIC_REDFISH_EMULATOR_SYSTEMD_SERVICE
+}
+
+function cleanup_redfish_emulator {
+    stop_redfish_emulator
+
+    $SYSTEMCTL disable $IRONIC_REDFISH_EMULATOR_SYSTEMD_SERVICE
+
+    local unitfile="$SYSTEMD_DIR/$IRONIC_REDFISH_EMULATOR_SYSTEMD_SERVICE"
+    sudo rm -f $unitfile
+
+    $SYSTEMCTL daemon-reload
+}
+
+function setup_redfish_emulator {
+    # TODO(lucasagomes): Use Apache WSGI instead of gunicorn
+    gunicorn=gunicorn
+
+    if python3_enabled; then
+        gunicorn=${gunicorn}3
     fi
+
+    if is_ubuntu; then
+        install_package $gunicorn
+    else
+        pip_install_gr "gunicorn"
+    fi
+
+    if use_library_from_git "sushy-tools"; then
+        git_clone_by_name "sushy-tools"
+        setup_dev_lib "sushy-tools"
+    else
+        pip_install "sushy-tools"
+    fi
+
+    local cmd
+
+    cmd=$(which $gunicorn)
+    cmd+=" sushy_tools.emulator.main:app"
+    cmd+=" --bind ${HOST_IP}:${IRONIC_REDFISH_EMULATOR_PORT}"
+    cmd+=" --env FLASK_DEBUG=1"
+
+    write_user_unit_file $IRONIC_REDFISH_EMULATOR_SYSTEMD_SERVICE "$cmd" "" "root"
+
+    $SYSTEMCTL enable $IRONIC_REDFISH_EMULATOR_SYSTEMD_SERVICE
+
+    start_redfish_emulator
 }
 
 function setup_redfish {
@@ -830,28 +873,7 @@ function setup_redfish {
     fi
 
     if [[ "$IRONIC_IS_HARDWARE" == "False" ]]; then
-
-        # TODO(lucasagomes): Use Apache WSGI instead of gunicorn
-        gunicorn=gunicorn
-
-        if python3_enabled; then
-            gunicorn=${gunicorn}3
-        fi
-
-        if is_ubuntu; then
-            install_package $gunicorn
-        else
-            pip_install_gr "gunicorn"
-        fi
-
-        if use_library_from_git "sushy-tools"; then
-            git_clone_by_name "sushy-tools"
-            setup_dev_lib "sushy-tools"
-        else
-            pip_install "sushy-tools"
-        fi
-
-        start_redfish_emulator
+        setup_redfish_emulator
     fi
 }
 
@@ -994,6 +1016,8 @@ function cleanup_ironic {
     # It's noop if no emulator is running
     stop_redfish_emulator
 
+    cleanup_redfish_emulator
+
     # Remove the hook to disable log rotate
     sudo rm -rf $IRONIC_LIBVIRT_HOOKS_PATH/qemu
 }